I'm going to Canada in September to visit my family (2 week Holiday)
from the UK... I already have a 1GB Integral I-Pro CF card (For my
PDA) and would like to get another 1GB card (Any make) for my camera.

What's the price for a 1GB Sandisk card (Like above) - And what is the
tax? (I have no clue what it is in Canada!)

I usually just walk down Yonge Street, or College by Spadina depending
on what other computer peripherals I might be interested in, but I guess
it depends where you live... The smaller stores are typically willing
to bargain, provided that your total purchase is large enough to justify
it and provided that you don't come across as a cheapskate.

I saw Black's Photography had 256MB for $80 CAD yesterday. Brand name
cards of course will cost you more. The price difference between CF and
other memory types (Sony Memorystick, especially) was something like a
factor of 2X...

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Engineer <> wrote:
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> Thanks, Tim, but I'm new to this stuff! So, is CF pricing higher or
> lower than Sony Memorystick? Sounds like CF is higher.. :-(

CF is cheaper than Memorystick. If you compare cheapest per-MB prices
(so ignoring factors like speed!), then I think it's close to a 2X
difference (top of my head number, not the result of any careful survey,
so take that 2X number with a big grain of salt).

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Can you buy from US mailorder places? I'm not sure what the hassle/expense
of that would be. I just bought a 256 meg SanDisk CompactFlash for my wife
for $40, and she's more than happy with it. Got it from B&H.

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> Can you buy from US mailorder places? I'm not sure what the
> hassle/expense of that would be. I just bought a 256 meg SanDisk
> CompactFlash for my wife for $40, and she's more than happy with it.
> Got it from B&H.
>
> --
> Eric
> http://canid.com/

I've noticed that a lot of stores, websites and manufacturers are
offering rebates for 256 MB CF cards. Do you all think that the price
will be dropping in the next couple of months? I've noticed this with
other consumer electronics - rebates for a short period of time and
then the price drops.

I need to get a 256 MB CF for a trip in Sept and am trying to hold off
for the best deal <g>

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